Draft Genome Sequences of the 1,2-Dichloropropane-Respiring Dehalococcoides mccartyi Strains RC and KS

Steven A Higgins1, Elizabeth Padilla-Crespo1, Frank E Löffler1,2,3,4,5

  • 1Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

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